[PODCAST 267]: Clean a Drawer with This 3-Minute Technique

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Do you have a “junk drawer” somewhere that you KNOW needs to be cleaned, but you just don’t have the energy to do it?

What if you could take just 3 minutes to get it where it needs to be?

Most people procrastinate cleaning out drawers (and closets, rooms, garages, etc.) because they know they’re going to find things that need attention or bandwidth that they don’t think they have.

But I want to show you that this can be SO easy.

I grew up with every drawer full of stuff–most of which we never used. We would dig through drawers to find things, and it took a lot of time and energy. I now rarely have any drawers in my house that aren’t organized, but it’s fun to do a little spruce-up every so often, so I’ll be doing that as I explain the process.

By the end of this podcast and post, I think you’re going to feel AMAZING! And you can work right along with me, if you’d like, pausing the podcast where appropriate.

Ready to dive in?

The first 4 steps are:

Empty the drawer
Clean the drawer
Identify the drawer’s purpose (makeup, pencils/scissors/tape/basic kitchen office supplies, silverware/utensils, etc.)
Put the right things back

I believe you can do this in 3 minutes or less if you don’t overthink this.

But THEN you have a bunch of stuff that doesn’t belong in the drawer, but you don’t want it sitting there, right?

You’re going to move to Step 5: Sort the drawer by trash, donation, and “somewhere else.”

Trash and donation are pretty easy. (Ask, “Do I actually use this?” and “Could this bless another person?”)

But it’s the “somewhere else” pile that usually requires a little more brain power. Sometimes you know where it goes–like this hair brush goes in my son’s bathroom–or the screwdriver goes out in the garage. But what if there are tasks associated?

This is where I want you to move to Step 6 and extract Next Actions from that pile.

A friend of mine had foreign currency in his kitchen drawer. So I asked him what he wanted to do with it? Store it in a filing cabinet and create a calendar reminder to pack it next time he goes to that country? Research how to exchange currency from home if you don’t use it? Send it to a friend who lives in that country as a gift? You definitely won’t use it if it’s just sitting in that drawer, so we want to make a decision and move forward.
I had my kids’ basketball buttons in my hair supplies drawer, and I didn’t actually wear them to their games, so it didn’t make sense to keep them. We put them in our kids’ memory boxes instead.

The FINAL step (number 7) is to identify routines that will keep the drawer that way.

I won’t toss random things in here going forward
When I buy any new makeup items, I will discard the old ones
When I see something in my drawer that I haven’t used in over a year, I’ll donate, discard it, it or move it somewhere else.

We have a fun printable if you’d like these steps right in front of you–and there’s a sample Next Actions list you can try, if you’d like!

Click Here for the Printable!

I wanted to feature some recent experiences from two of our STEPpers. This first message comes from Noella:

This next one is from Lynette. Check out these Before and After photos of her craft room!